Apple has fired back at NBC in their blossoming war of words by announcing they will not sell any of the episodes for NBC’s shows from the upcoming season.

Apple iPhones don’t REALLY feature self destruct but I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple decides this feature is necessary in the future.  It is not recommended to attempt ANY hardware hack to unlock your iPhone (it’s not really legal) but more importantly you can do serious damage to your phone and injure yourself in the process.  Someone attempting to unlock their new iPhone managed to send it up in smoke, literally.

A major update of the much-loved Ubuntu Linux distribution has been scheduled for April 2008. In true open source tradition, the company sponsoring the project is seeking suggestions from users for features they would like to see included.

At the IFA Consumer Electronics show, Acer and China Huala Group were happy to announce their allegiance with Sony and Co.

Despite being the No. 1 supplier of digital video to the iTunes online marketplace, NBC has chosen to end its relationship with Apple and will no longer sell its content through the computer giant’s web-based, media store.

It’s one less worry for YouTube, which have been the subject of copyright complaints since it became the most popular online video portal. Google’s prized acquisition has sealed a deal with the UK’s Mechanical Copyright Protection Society - Performance Rights Society (MCPS-PRS) Alliance, a society of UK-based composers, songwriters and music publishers.

Storm Worm has begun attacking Blogger, littering hundreds of pages with juvenile messages designed to fool visitors into clicking on malware laden links.

Sony has launched a new generation of digital player in its Walkman series with a feature that departs from the traditional Walkman music players, video playback. Aside from playing digital music and videos, the new Walkman NWS-A810 and NWZ-610 players also support open platform for easier downloading and online management of music and video collection.

Viacom ordered YouTube to remove a video for copyright infringement, when they had used the video-in-the-video without permission.

Someone’s let a Microsoft cat out of the bag. It turns out leaked pictures of the upcoming Zune 2.0 and Zune Flash are making the usual rounds secret pictures make on the web.

The battle for legislation against violent video games is heavy as of late, and many believe such laws are necessary to keep the minds of America’s youth safe from becoming excessively violent. Word of the VA Tech murder’s video game habits are refreshing as it further weakens the foothold of those wishing to pass laws against violent video games.

New research has reignited fears of links between mobile phone usage and cancer.

It’s generally believed by the scientific community that electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones can only damage tissue by heating it, which is one of the reasons why mobile phones are considered safe.

The blogosphere has hit the mainstream, according to a new survey, which reveals that 80% of Americans know what a blog is, 50% regularly visit blogs, and 8% publish their own blog.

This shouldn’t come as any surprise, the ATRAC audio format has been waning ever since it was introduced to the market but Sony just had to be different.  The initial round of Sony players featured ATRAC support only and then later (too late) in the game did Sony decide to support MP3 files.  Also problematic was the fact you had to use SonicStage to rip and transfer music.

You may remember this past weekend that many users had trouble validating their legally obtained copies of Windows Vista and XP.  The company is now willing to talk about it to a limited extent and has said the problem was due to a human error.

It’s like the infamous computer of the Discovery said, “things like this have cropped up before and they have always been attributed to human error.”  Besides being a deranged homicidal computer, there is truth in that.

Your new iMac was a topic of interesting speculation and rumor before it was announced and the rumors haven’t stopped flowing. Apparently, some new iMac owners are reporting their video card is not what was advertised on the box and on Apple’s site.

Nokia is out to challenge the iPhone with the launch of its own digital music store and new touch screen mobile handsets.